fighting
noun
[ ˈfʌɪtɪŋ ]
• the action of fighting; violence or conflict.
• "terrible fighting broke out in the streets"
fighting
adjective
• displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression.
• "he was a fighting man"
fight
verb
• take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.
• "the men were fighting"
Similar:
brawl,
come to blows,
exchange blows,
attack/assault each other,
hit/punch each other,
box,
struggle,
grapple,
wrestle,
scrimmage,
do battle,
engage in conflict,
contend,
spar,
joust,
tilt,
cross swords,
lock horns,
lock antlers,
scrap,
have a dust-up,
have a set-to,
have a punch-up,
swedge,
roughhouse,
stoush,
go the knuckle,
violent,
combative,
aggressive,
pugnacious,
truculent,
belligerent,
bellicose,
disputatious,
antagonistic,
argumentative,
hawkish,
• struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent.
• "a churchman who has dedicated his life to fighting racism"
Similar:
oppose,
contest,
contend with,
confront,
challenge,
combat,
dispute,
object to,
quarrel with,
argue against/with,
withstand,
resist,
defy,
fly in the face of,
strive/struggle against,
take a stand against,
put up a fight against,
take issue with,
question,
controvert,
Origin:
Old English feohtan (verb), feoht(e), gefeoht (noun), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vechten, gevecht and German fechten, Gefecht .
